#17 Men's Ice Hockey Falls To #14/15 St. Cloud, 3-1

HAMDEN, Conn. - The
No. 17 Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey team lost to No.
14/15 St. Cloud State University, 3-1, in a non-conference game at
the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn. The loss drops the
Bobcats to 13-8-1 while the Huskies improve to 13-7-3.

Freshman Russell
Goodman (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) scored his first career goal to
tie the game less than four minutes into the second period. Senior
captain Jean-Marc Beaudoin (St. Paul, Alb.) and Eric Lampe
(Madison, Wisc.) assisted on the play, with Lampe adding to his
team assist lead with his 16th of the year. A pair of
5-on-3 power plays in the first seven minutes of the fueled the St.
Cloud win, with their first goal coming on the power play.

St. Cloud's
power-play goal from Ryan Lasch at the 8:53 mark gave the Huskies a
1-0 lead through the first period. St. Cloud was on a 5-on-3 power
play following a pair of elbowing penalties called on the Bobcats.
Garrett Roe handled the puck along the goal line to the left of
Quinnipiac goalie Dan Clarke (Belleville, Ont.) before sending a
pass out to the point to Garrett Roe. Roe, St. Cloud's assist
leader, sent the pass through the Quinnipiac defensive zone to
Lasch who was waiting just below the opposite face-off circle.
Lasch roofed a shot on Clarke to give St. Cloud a one-goal
lead.

The Bobcats tied the
game 3:38 into the second period when Lampe handled the puck behind
the St. Cloud goal before sending it up the boards to Beaudoin.
Beaudoin received the puck above the face-off circle and fired a
shot on goal that was deflected by a St. Cloud player and again by
Goodman. Goodman's deflection slipped past SCSU goalie Dan Dunn to
tie the game. The assist was Goodman's first of his career while
Lampe picked up his team-leading 16th assist. Beaudoin
was credited with his 12th of the season.

St. Cloud State
re-took the lead at the 11:59 mark of the second period. Playing a
man-down after a roughing call, Garrett Raboin scored a
short-handed goal to give the Huskies a one-goal lead. Travis Novak
picked up a loose puck in the Bobcats' zone and put a shot on goal
that was turned away by Clarke. Raboin skated in behind the
Quinnipiac defense and picked up the rebound in the crease,
knocking it past Clarke to give SCSU a 2-1 lead. The goal was his
fourth of the season.